Spiderwort 紫露草（ムラサキツユクサ）

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The combination of purple and yellow caught my eye. This is spiderwort. The color combination of purple and yellow is so beautiful, isn't it?

Spiderwort ムラサキツユクサ

And this (below) is Asiatic dayflower. The combination of blue and yellow is also beautiful.

Asiatic dayflower ツユクサ

Purple and yellow (or blue and yellow under different criteria) are complementary colors, which I'd heard of, but didn't know what they exactly meant, so I googled.

According to Wikipedia, "Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black... Complementary colors can create some striking optical effects." Wow, that explains why I was so attracted to these small flowers on roadsides.

Other complementary color combinations include:

- Green and red

- Orange and blue

And this also explains why I found Sun Parasol crimson (below) so beautiful recently - it has the "green and red" combination! This made me decide to look for a flower in another combination of orange and blue!!

Sun parasol crimson サンパラソル

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一枚目の「紫と黄色」の花はムラサキツユクサ、２枚目の「青と黄色」はツユクサです。全くの別物だそうですが、「紫と黄」、「青と黄」の組み合わせが目を引きます。補色同士で、互いを引き立てあう関係とのこと。その通りですね。「緑と赤」、「オレンジと青」も補色だそうです。

そういえば、最近見かけたサンパラソル（３枚目）は「緑と赤」です。補色だったんですね。惹きつけられた理由が分かりました。次は「オレンジと青」の花を見つけます！

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